Registration has now closed for the DELE exams taking place in May 2026. 

The next exams in the Cork examination centre will be in May 2027. Levels on offer for 2027 will be confirmed in February, and this webpage will be updated once details are confirmed. 

The Instituto Cervantes in Dublin may be offering additional examination dates throughout the year. 

The Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at University College Cork is the only official Instituto Cervantes Examining Centre in Munster. In this role the Department is responsible for administering the DELE (Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language) examinations, as well as providing students with extracurricular language courses from A1 to B2 level.

These Diplomas are the only official qualifications issued by the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education, accrediting levels of competence and command of the Spanish language and are internationally recognised by corporations, Chambers of Commerce and private and public educational institutions. These qualifications do not expire.

Note that children under the age of 6 can only sit the Escolar exams. The minimum age requirement for a C1 exam is 18. Please contact us at splas@ucc.ie before registering if you have any doubts. 

Exams take place in person on UCC campus on Saturday 23rd May 2026, there is no online offering.

All fees are strictly non-refundable. 

                        Please direct any queries on DELE exams to splas@ucc.ie